Ads in Street Fighter

[Darwinianevolution]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Darwinianevolution said:

To be fair, that's more of a celebration of the Switch's release, and just left it in the WiiU version because why not? The better example would be the Mercedes' car on MK8. But at least that kind of advertisement added content without real drawback, however jarring it was. Capcom's idea for advertisement is dangerously close to those mobile ads, watch the video and get points, only to slow down the amount of points you can get normaly so that you HAVE to see the videos. If this goes on, who says they won't add promotions to other stuff, and after that, all loading screens become 1 minute ads?

This is such hyperbole. You're basically saying that it's ok for Nintendo to do it but not Capcom because we don't know how Capcom's adoption of a similar ad gimmick will or won't evolve into one minute adverts like on mobile games. 

 

Ads which are honestly pretty subtle on the clothing of fighters is something which exists in real life. Street Fighter putting subtle ads on character clothing is not even close to a one minute ad on a mobile game. It detracts from the artistic element of the game but it's not affecting players in a similar way at all to what you're describing. Street Fighter V's payment model is barely even similar at this point in it's life to a $60 triple A product. 

 

Yes I've seen Jim Sterling's video on it. Yes, accepting these kind of practices could lead towards a dangerous mobile-esq model future for premium games. No, the ads are not ok. But this also is not.that different from Nintendo's Mercedes model. And honestly neither are the closest practices to that of mobile games. There are much better examples out there. 

I did not say what Nintendo did was good, I said what Nintendo di was better, due to the fact we got a new car out of it and that's the end of the effect, whereas Capcom's advertisement does not offer any benefit, and in fact it could be say it's a detriment. There's also the element of choice: if you don't want to se the Mercedes, just don't pick it up. If you don't want to see Capcom's ads, say goodbye to a good chunck of fighting money in a game that's very stingy with it.